Originally Posted by
clarkbre
I switched mine to v-brakes as well.
Yes I had to make a little cable stop up to go into the old cable guide in the top tube.
still waiting on a couple of bits to arrive, i suspect later this week they will all turn up.
I don't know if there's anything special about the cranks on these bikes. If it's like mine, it has the 42/34/24 chainrings.
yes, on closer inspection it is nothing special, at the original quick glance it looks like the chainrings were able to come away from the spider but they are definitely riveted on for life.